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Weekend Confirmed Episode 59
by Garnett Lee, May 06, 2011 11:00am PDTBy popular request, Weekend Confirmed takes on all of Portal 2 in the opening segment. Though the conversation covers much of the game in feel and concept, there are spoilers. So for those wanting to avoid them, skip forward to the start of the second segment at the 32 minute mark. And there's still plenty of great stuff to come from there like Child of Eden, Outland, Thor, our new "knockout" game, how Sony could tackle E3, the top news stories of the week, and Finishing Moves to top it all off.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 59: 05/06/2011
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- Whatcha' Been Playin Part 1: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:31:22
- Whatcha' Been Playin Part 2: Start: 00:31:57 End: 01:01:00
- The Warning: Start: 01:02:09 End: 01:33:13
- Featured Music Adam K feat. Naan "Wake Up (Morgan Page Remix)": 01:33:13 End: 01:36:40
- Front Page news: Start: 01:36:40 End: 02:14:30
Adam K dropped some amazing progressive house on this week with "Wake Up (Morgan Page Remix)." It's one of four remixes you can checkout on his Hotbox Digital site (and I strongly recommend you do, particularly the Adam K and Soha version). Today's track can be purchased from both iTunes and Beatport. For more from the awesome Adam K check out his official site and Facebook page and Hotbox Digital.
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Comments
I agree with Jeff about social issues working better allegorically in games.
I think it would be very immersion breaking to be in a situation where homosexuals were discriminated in a fantasy role playing game. Part of creating a different universe is assigning the unique prejudices and social issues that are unique to that world. Applying our modern, western social shortcomings to a fantasy realm seems wrong.
There are more social hang ups than just homosexuality. After all, no one in the world of Dragon Age thinks twice about seeing a black king or a female warlord.
It's better that sexism and racism are properly tailored to the setting. Allegories of homophobia, racism and sexism are very much present in Dragon Age. When I played as an Elf there was a situation where I went to a merchant and he assumed because of my race I was a servant and of a low class and instead of serving me he gave me an order to get back to work. This enriched the world and gave so much texture. How different would that be if I was a black character and the merchant said "the sign says 'no coloured people' now get out of my store" or at the end of the game I encountered opposition when climbing the political ladder because women aren't taken seriously as leaders? In Oblivion different races even have obscene slurs and terms for races they aren't fond of.
Not only will it not raise an ounce of controversy for a fantasy game to display an elf calling a dwarf a racial slur as opposed to a Caucasian character to call a black character the 'N' word, it enriches and enhances the universe as well as giving the developers the chance to make striking social commentary by creating fictional prejudices.
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I mean, if its really strong allegory the difference between the fantasy and what they're commenting on should be razor thin. Not just broad concepts of discrimination etc.
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